So, I’ve missed a day…and published some posts I’m not proud of. This challenge may not be for me.
The purpose of my blog is not random daily content, or a web diary, but more a place for vignettes, book reviews, and musings on life. If I have stories to share or a piece I want to write, I’ll post it. Trying to come up with something to post everyday means you guys don’t get my best.
However, this challenge does have its positives. I’m thinking about writing…and practicing writing everyday. Even yesterday I started two different posts, though they never made it to publish. The discipline of this challenge is beneficial and forces me to think about my blog going forward. Whether I want to have some focus or plan or just continue to post as inspiration strikes.
I just picked up Amy Poehler’s book, YES PLEASE. Here’s what she has to say about writing:
Everyone lies about writing. They lie about how easy it is or how hard it was.
They perpetuate a romantic idea that writing is some beautiful experience that
takes place in an architectural room filled with leather novels and chai tea. They
talk about their “morning ritual” and how they “dress for writing” and the cabin
in Big Sur where they go to “be alone” —blah blah blah. No one tells the truth
about writing a book. Authors pretend their stories were always shiny and perfect
and just waiting to be written. The truth is, writing is this: hard and boring and
occasionally great but usually not. Even I have lied about writing. I have told people
that writing this book has been like brushing away dirt from a fossil. What a load of sh**.
It has been like hacking away at a freezer with a screwdriver.
I couldn’t agree more.
and I love her.
I’m pretty sure we are twins separated at birth…we’re the same age and both blonde, so it must be true.
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